Balance. Both plaintiffs’ attorneys, as well as defense attorneys, presented at the conference

Practical information. Attendees got information that can be put to use in practice right away, such as the effective use of interrogatories, tips for deposing experts, and how to obtain information on experts from sources outside discovery.

Trial presentation. Attendees got tips on how to tell a client’s story and control the case.

Timely information. Attendees got up to date on the latest developments in the healthcare liability area, including hospital liability issues, viability issues in fetal death cases and conducting responsible social media analysis during jury selection.

Overcoming jury bias. Attendees learned how to discover any bias of jurors and how to frame a presentation of the case in order to counter it.

Your Distinguished Faculty

W. R. (Rip) Andrews is a partner with Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C., in Birmingham. His practice at the firm focuses primarily on cases involving product defects, wrongs committed by government officials and intellectual property or business disputes. In 2016, Mr. Andrews was lead or co-lead counsel in medical cases with verdicts totaling $40 million.

Judge Joseph L. Boohaker has served as Presiding Circuit Judge for Jefferson County since July 1, 2015. He became a circuit judge for Jefferson County in January of 2001. Judge Boohaker obtained his B.S. in 1976 and his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Alabama. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Judges of the 11th Judicial Circuit in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, from 1979 to 1980. He worked in private practice from 1980 until 2000 before serving as a judge. Judge Boohaker is active in the American Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, and the Circuit Judges’ Association.

Stan Cash is a senior partner at Huie Fernamburq & Stewart, LLP, in Birmingham with over four decades of litigation experience. Mr. Cash knows his way around just about any case and courtroom. He has tried over 100 jury trials to conclusion in both State and Federal Courts. Since joining the firm in 1974, he has been actively engaged in defending medical malpractice cases, product liability actions, professional errors and omissions and other complex litigation. He is a former president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

Robert (Bob) Cooper is a Shareholder at Stockham, Cooper & Potts, P.C. in Birmingham. During the course of his career, Mr. Cooper has tried more than 150 cases to a jury verdict. His clients include businesses and individuals in the manufacturing, commercial transportation, health care and medical device, and insurance industries, among others. Mr. Cooper has defended clients in personal injury and professional negligence matters. He has represented business entities against claims of negligence, fraud and bad faith, and he has appeared on behalf of clients before the various authorities that regulate professional conduct. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Alabama Law Foundation. He has been listed by “Super Lawyers” and Best Lawyers in America® for several years.

Stephen D. Heninger, with Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, in Birmingham, has authored “Bad Faith in Alabama: An Infant Tort in Intensive Care” in the Alabama Law Review. He has served as President of the Birmingham Bar Association and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Alabama Chapter. He has been listed by “Super Lawyers” as one of the Top 10 Lawyers in Alabama for the past four years. He has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America® since 1991. He is a “fellow” of the Alabama Law Foundation which limits its membership to the top 1% of the State Bar.

Jasper Juliano is a founding member of Parsons, Lee, & Juliano, P.C., in Birmingham. During a career which spans 39 years, Mr. Juliano has tried many cases on behalf of hospitals, physicians, product manufacturers and the construction and insurance industries throughout the State of Alabama. While his main specialty has been civil litigation, through his representation of medical caregivers and institutions and corporate clients, his career has been studded with cases resulting in major legal precedents ranging from the adoption of the Alabama Trade Secret Doctrine to numerous other landmark decisions. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of medical malpractice defense.

Joe Miller, with Starnes Davis Florie LLP, in Birmingham, has devoted his practice to civil litigation, and he has worked on a broad variety of litigation matters. He focuses on defending physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases. Mr. Miller also has experience in defending healthcare providers in cases brought pursuant to the False Claims Act. He has participated in trying over 70 cases and has argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a False Claims Act case. He has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America® since 2009. Mr. Miller is also an associate of The American Board of Trial Advocates, where he serves on the Executive Committee as the current Treasurer.

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